snow leopard
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Summary
snow leopard is a taxon[1]. It ranks in the top 0.058% of taxon entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (31,114 views/month, #114 of 195,241).[2]
Key Facts
- Instance of: apex predator[3], flagship species[4]
- Taxon rank: species[5]
- IUCN conservation status: Vulnerable[6]
- Parent taxon: Panthera[7]
- Taxon name: Panthera uncia[8]
- Commons category: Panthera uncia[9]
- Topic's main category: Category:Panthera uncia[10]
- Commons gallery: Panthera uncia[11]
- Main food source: Ochotona[12], Ovis ammon[13], Himalayan marmot[14], Thorold's deer[15], vole[16], Siberian ibex[17], Moschidae[18], bharal[19], goat[20], sheep[21], Bos grunniens[22], Markhor[23], masked palm civet[24], roe deer[25]
- Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[26], Small Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[27], Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition[28]
- Original combination: Felis uncia[29]
- Taxon synonym: Uncia uncia[30]
- Has characteristic: viviparity[31]
- Short name: P. uncia[32]
- Taxon common name: snow leopard[33], Pantera de la Nieves[34], Léopard des neiges[35], Once[36], Panthère des neiges[37], Ounce[38], Schneeleopard[39], نمر الثُّلُوج[40], نمر الثلج[41], 雪豹[42], lleopardu la ñeve[43], snežni leopard[44]
- Different from: Snow Leopard[45]
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Identifiers
snow leopard's NCBI taxonomy ID is recorded as 29064[46]. snow leopard's Encyclopedia of Life ID is recorded as 328676[47]. snow leopard's GBIF taxon ID is recorded as 5787213[48]. snow leopard's ITIS TSN is recorded as 933420[49].
Discovery and Description
Things named for snow leopard include Mac OS X Snow Leopard[50], an operating system[51], founded in 2009[52] and Ak Bars Bank[53], a bank[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1993[56], headquartered in Kazan[57].
Why It Matters
snow leopard has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[58] It is known by 92 alternative names across languages and contexts.[59]
Entities named for it include Mac OS X Snow Leopard[50], an operating system[51], founded in 2009[52] and Ak Bars Bank[53], a bank[54], in Russia[55], founded in 1993[56], headquartered in Kazan[57].